the Outback experiential learning site is a significant asset to the community as well as to University Students. Please consider western and solar sun exposure in planning for development adjacent to this site.
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Anonymous
10 years ago
The Outback provides necessary hands-on education to WWU students. Not respecting this space will look bad for WWU and Bellingham. The Outback draws students from other communities here for learning opportunities, so please find an alternative plan.
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CL Black
10 years ago
Dear Mr. Koch,
As an alum, the unique contributions of the outback as a student space and project hub is a primary consideration in my continued involvement with Western. This space is one of the most unique characteristics of our school and were it to suffer from diminished light, diminished accessibility, or diminished visibility to the community, the effects will reach far beyond the garden plots and green houses as students lose touch with a keystone of the historical significance of the school as a whole. I hope you will consider that the Outback maintains importance in the hearts of the alumni and is, for many of us, the first place we visit when we return to Western and a primary consideration in our feeling at home there.
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Monika Heiting
10 years ago
The Outback is such a valuable resource! Please consider different options. Thank you.
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Tristan Sokol
10 years ago
Mr. Koch,
The Outback Farm has for decades been an invaluable resource for students, both in college and grade school, and for the Bellingham community as a whole. Please respect this area as such when planning development! So many individuals have put so much of their lives and effort into making the Outback a beautiful and essential location. I hope you understand, therefore, that it would be against the sustainability values of WWU and the City of Bellingham to impinge upon the boundaries of the Outback or affect its function as a farm ecosystem in any way. Thank you.
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Kim Morgan-James
10 years ago
Please do not build next to this old icon garden, it has been loved by many and is very educational to children.
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Anonymous
10 years ago
As a WWU grad and life-long Whatcom County resident I ask that you keep this space for students and Bellingham residents for continued education, community outreach, life-skills building and a long amazing tradition at Western. It is an essential honey bee keeping resource, fanstic example of campus sustainability and a haven for many students and nature's native critters. It is essential that this garden and educational spot remain on campus in this location and student housing expand elsewhere. This garden serves and contributes a great deal to the quality of life on campus to students year after year! It is one of WWU's greatest hands-on learning opportunities and an incredible place for students to learn a wide range of skills, work habits and enjoyment of the outdoors!
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Anonymous
10 years ago
I love the outback farm area, i think it is a great community space that so many love visiting!
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Alexander McIntyre
10 years ago
The Outback Farm is an outdoor experiential learning program that has been designed for sustainable land use practices. I urge you to not build more infrastructure where students have dedicated their efforts in order to achieve greater habitat restoration.
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Rachel
10 years ago
The Outback is such an integral part of being a student at WWU, we have to preserve it.
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Dr Mark D Johnson
10 years ago
The outback farm was integral to my degree, and the projects I completed there have been used in my teaching college ever since..
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Alison Stevens
10 years ago
Support The Outback!!
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Bruce Horowitz
10 years ago
Save the Outback -- again!!!
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Lonny Collins
10 years ago
Help save the planet!!!
Please!!!
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Gene Hart
10 years ago
Save the sunlight for the garden.
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Jamie Jedinak
10 years ago
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I have worked to preserve this place for decades NOW. Please consider this in your planning to keep it safe and enriching for future generations to learn from!! Jamie Jedinak LONG time Bellingham resident!!
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Anonymous
10 years ago
No thank you.
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Susan Barrett
10 years ago
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How many times do Fairhaven, Huxley, and other students have to defend the Outback Farm against a Residence Hall? Jeesh! The world's largest "dorm" is going in on Garden/Forest Street. Let the private sector solve the housing issues--they do it so much better.
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Sam Schultz
10 years ago
All you have to do is make the building shorter or keep it out of the natural path of the sun so crops get sufficient sunlight
i love the farm !
the Outback experiential learning site is a significant asset to the community as well as to University Students. Please consider western and solar sun exposure in planning for development adjacent to this site.
The Outback provides necessary hands-on education to WWU students. Not respecting this space will look bad for WWU and Bellingham. The Outback draws students from other communities here for learning opportunities, so please find an alternative plan.
Dear Mr. Koch, As an alum, the unique contributions of the outback as a student space and project hub is a primary consideration in my continued involvement with Western. This space is one of the most unique characteristics of our school and were it to suffer from diminished light, diminished accessibility, or diminished visibility to the community, the effects will reach far beyond the garden plots and green houses as students lose touch with a keystone of the historical significance of the school as a whole. I hope you will consider that the Outback maintains importance in the hearts of the alumni and is, for many of us, the first place we visit when we return to Western and a primary consideration in our feeling at home there.
The Outback is such a valuable resource! Please consider different options. Thank you.
Mr. Koch, The Outback Farm has for decades been an invaluable resource for students, both in college and grade school, and for the Bellingham community as a whole. Please respect this area as such when planning development! So many individuals have put so much of their lives and effort into making the Outback a beautiful and essential location. I hope you understand, therefore, that it would be against the sustainability values of WWU and the City of Bellingham to impinge upon the boundaries of the Outback or affect its function as a farm ecosystem in any way. Thank you.
Please do not build next to this old icon garden, it has been loved by many and is very educational to children.
As a WWU grad and life-long Whatcom County resident I ask that you keep this space for students and Bellingham residents for continued education, community outreach, life-skills building and a long amazing tradition at Western. It is an essential honey bee keeping resource, fanstic example of campus sustainability and a haven for many students and nature's native critters. It is essential that this garden and educational spot remain on campus in this location and student housing expand elsewhere. This garden serves and contributes a great deal to the quality of life on campus to students year after year! It is one of WWU's greatest hands-on learning opportunities and an incredible place for students to learn a wide range of skills, work habits and enjoyment of the outdoors!
I love the outback farm area, i think it is a great community space that so many love visiting!
The Outback Farm is an outdoor experiential learning program that has been designed for sustainable land use practices. I urge you to not build more infrastructure where students have dedicated their efforts in order to achieve greater habitat restoration.
The Outback is such an integral part of being a student at WWU, we have to preserve it.
The outback farm was integral to my degree, and the projects I completed there have been used in my teaching college ever since..
Support The Outback!!
Save the Outback -- again!!!
Help save the planet!!! Please!!!
Save the sunlight for the garden.
I have worked to preserve this place for decades NOW. Please consider this in your planning to keep it safe and enriching for future generations to learn from!! Jamie Jedinak LONG time Bellingham resident!!
No thank you.
How many times do Fairhaven, Huxley, and other students have to defend the Outback Farm against a Residence Hall? Jeesh! The world's largest "dorm" is going in on Garden/Forest Street. Let the private sector solve the housing issues--they do it so much better.
All you have to do is make the building shorter or keep it out of the natural path of the sun so crops get sufficient sunlight